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European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik at 2715 and a Barcelona headline with no body2026-10-23At 2 a.m. in Delhi I opened the chess industry bulletin, read the headline,...
A European Club Cup headline, a sales page: the chess annotation trade is being restructured2026-10-19On a Tuesday evening I opened the ChessBase Magazine #225 promotion page on m...
An Elephant in an Empty Arena: The US Chess Championship and an Opening Sold to the Wrong Crowd2026-10-16In 2026, I stood for three hours on a red-dirt field in central Vietnam to fi...
The Scotch Opening, Kasparov 2026 and Mikhalchishin's Lesson: What Remains After the Applause2026-10-11In a small café on Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street in Saigon, a man of about sixt...
9...a5 and a Borrowed Capablanca Name: Inside a King's Indian Opening DVDThe cover reads “A farewell triumph: Capablanca wins gold in Buenos Aires...
Wesley So Beats Caruana in Tiebreak to Claim Fourth US Chess ChampionshipThe US chess title was decided by a rapid tiebreak. Wesley So defeated Fabian...
Rachel Li, the U.S. Women's Championship, and the Verification Problem Behind a Chess HeadlineThe headline arrived neat: Rachel Li wins the U.S. Women's Championship. I...
108 Teams in Budva, Zero Data for Barcelona: Mapping the European Club CupThe A4 sheet was taped to the door of the technical meeting room, right above...
ChessBase Magazine 225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and a September That Promises No New TheorySeven in the morning in Binh Duong. I open the ChessBase Magazine 225 downloa...
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik at 2715 and a Barcelona headline with no bodyAt 2 a.m. in Delhi I opened the chess industry bulletin, read the headline,...
Carlsen: AI Shows Humans Are Not That Good — And Why That Line Is Worth More Than a CrownThere is a moment in post-game analysis sessions that I still remember vividl...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: Six Lines and the Maintenance Economics of Opening TheoryA Tuesday evening in a coffee shop on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street, Nha Trang. A...
Daniel King Updates the Najdorf: 60 Minutes to Patch Five White GatewaysSaturday night, a chess café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang. A...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-Point Elo Gap Everyone Is MisreadingBudva, Monday morning, round three. I am sitting in the east aisle of the...
A European Club Cup headline, a sales page: the chess annotation trade is being restructuredOn a Tuesday evening I opened the ChessBase Magazine #225 promotion page on m...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and a Headline That Doesn't Match the Body7:12 in the morning, a cafe on Nguyen Van Linh street, Da Nang. I open my pho...
The Hour of the Seconds: When a Small Move Trades the Whole Archive of MemoryIn that game there is one moment I have rewatched no fewer than ten times....
Woodward Beats Caruana: When the Headline and the Board Tell Two Different StoriesI rewatched the game between Woodward and Caruana at the US Chess Championshi...
An Elephant in an Empty Arena: The US Chess Championship and an Opening Sold to the Wrong CrowdIn 2026, I stood for three hours on a red-dirt field in central Vietnam to fi...
Wesley So Beats Caruana in Tiebreak to Claim Fourth US Chess ChampionshipThe US chess title was decided by a rapid tiebreak. Wesley So defeated Fabian...
Rachel Li, the U.S. Women's Championship, and the Verification Problem Behind a Chess HeadlineThe headline arrived neat: Rachel Li wins the U.S. Women's Championship. I...
108 Teams in Budva, Zero Data for Barcelona: Mapping the European Club CupThe A4 sheet was taped to the door of the technical meeting room, right above...
ChessBase Magazine 225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and a September That Promises No New TheorySeven in the morning in Binh Duong. I open the ChessBase Magazine 225 downloa...
European Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik at 2715 and a Barcelona headline with no bodyAt 2 a.m. in Delhi I opened the chess industry bulletin, read the headline,...
Carlsen: AI Shows Humans Are Not That Good — And Why That Line Is Worth More Than a CrownThere is a moment in post-game analysis sessions that I still remember vividl...
Daniel King's 60-Minute Najdorf Patch: Six Lines and the Maintenance Economics of Opening TheoryA Tuesday evening in a coffee shop on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street, Nha Trang. A...
Daniel King Updates the Najdorf: 60 Minutes to Patch Five White GatewaysSaturday night, a chess café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Da Nang. A...
European Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik and the 115-Point Elo Gap Everyone Is MisreadingBudva, Monday morning, round three. I am sitting in the east aisle of the...
A European Club Cup headline, a sales page: the chess annotation trade is being restructuredOn a Tuesday evening I opened the ChessBase Magazine #225 promotion page on m...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles, and a Headline That Doesn't Match the Body7:12 in the morning, a cafe on Nguyen Van Linh street, Da Nang. I open my pho...
The Hour of the Seconds: When a Small Move Trades the Whole Archive of MemoryIn that game there is one moment I have rewatched no fewer than ten times....
Woodward Beats Caruana: When the Headline and the Board Tell Two Different StoriesI rewatched the game between Woodward and Caruana at the US Chess Championshi...
An Elephant in an Empty Arena: The US Chess Championship and an Opening Sold to the Wrong CrowdIn 2026, I stood for three hours on a red-dirt field in central Vietnam to fi...
